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[quote user="cascadenorthernrr"]Slow down a second, which is the 6ft door?[/quote] Measure the car doors and multiply by 87.1.  Or pick up a scale ruler, which you will probably want if you are going to scratchbuild scale items. <a href="http://www.micromark.com/Model-Rr-Rule">http://www.micromark.com/Model-Rr-Rule</a> Your hobby shop probably sells them as well. [quote user="cascadenorthernrr"]I hate to tell you this but I'm not too keen on chopping up, stripping down, etcetera the brand new kit I just got.[/quote] Understandable. [quote user="cascadenorthernrr"](Not that I wouldn't do basic upgrades like metal wheel sets, exact prototype weighting, and such)[/quote] Metal Wheel sets good.  Prototype weighting no.  <a href="http://www.nmra.org/index-nmra-standards-and-recommended-practices">http://www.nmra.org/index-nmra-standards-and-recommended-practices</a> RP 20.1 Car Weight. If you weigh the cars on a postal scale (available from most office supply stores, and sometimes you can find them cheap), you might find that they are pretty close to the recommended practice.  The 34' hopper cars are slightly underweight empty, when live loaded with coal (i think it was woodland scenics brand) they come out to the exact spec.
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